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Lordship that the disallowance of the Vote in question should be rescinded.

eft all events, if any disaster should

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arise in consequence of the comparatively inefficient condition of the Volice, I an

confident that Your Lordship will not, after the action which we have taken, allow any blame to be east from

any quarter on the Governor, on the Executive Council, or on the Legislature of this

Colony.

I have the honour to be My Lord,

Your Lordship's Most Podient Humble Servant;

5.B Bowen

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I would ask permission to take this opportunity of reporting for

Your Lordship's information that the

"English settlers at Honghing not- unnaturally contrast their position under the control of the Colonial Office

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with the position of the English settlers at the neighbouring Ports of China under the control of the Foreign Office. The settlement at Shanghai, in

of

- particular, closely resembles Houghtons in most respects; the concession land on which it is built having been made by the Chinese Government

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